Essar Steel India Ltd. (Esil) vs Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd on 28 July, 2017
49. It clearly emerges from the law laid down by the Hon'ble
Apex Court in the judgments referred to above that, where a
company has bona fide dispute, petitioner can not be
regarded as a creditor of the company for the purpose of
winding up, as has been held in IBA Health (India) Private
Limited (Supra), that "bona fide dispute" implies existence of
substantial grounds for the dispute raised and where
company court is satisfied that debt upon which petition is
founded, is hotly contested debt and also doubtful, it should
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not entertain such petition. This Court after having carefully
perused claims/counter claims having been filed by respective
.